Resources for website accessibility
Resources for website accessibility
The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at
great deal of practical information about designing applications and interfaces for
the broadest range of users. Macromedia supports user accessibility in its product
interfaces and is striving to fully implement the WAI recommendations.
Basic steps, such as providing a text alternative for images, graphics, and animations,
and using descriptive text for page elements and navigation, can make a world of
difference to a visually impaired user's experience of your site. Validation tools are
available on the site to check compliance with established standards.
Standards may change more quickly than the product, but you can script the Visual
Tools Object Model (VTOM) to extend or manipulate its functionality. For details,
please see
the Visual Tools Object Model" on page
"Customizing the Development Environment" on page 197
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
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